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Lacrosse

The sport of Lacrosse has become extremely popular and it has boomed especially in the recent years. It has become America's fastest growing sport and it doesn't see any sign of slowing down. It attracts so many players and supporters with its fast paced physical game play. Also many people of all sizes big and small can excel in the game. It is a game of speed and agility. It has many characteristics of many popular sports. It is mostly a mix between Hockey, Soccer, and Basketball. It has the speed and contact of Hockey, the finesse and teamwork of Soccer, and the defensive mindset found in Basketball.
The game is played on multiple skill levels from peewee leagues all the way up
to the MLL (Major League Lacrosse). The sport has really been popular at the high school level with over 150,000 high school players. At the inter-collegiate level there are 236 NCAA approved teams. There are also more than 500 college club programs which compete. There consists of four main variations to the game that are competed today. They include Men's Field, Women's Field, Box Lacrosse and Inter Lacrosse.
Men's Field Lacrosse is the most popular variation of the game, being played
in High School and the Inter-collegiate level. It is played on a soccer sized field outdoors. It has many shifts in the game which involve long sprints up and down the field with abrupt starts and stops. Precision passes, dodges and intricate designed plays are a huge part of the offense.
Women's Field is as you can tell played by women. In their variation of the game there is no body to body contact allowed. There game is much different from the men's game. There play is heavily based on teamwork. Multiple passes are made before the ball is shot on goal. Also their game is most like the primitive Indian game in which there is no out of bounds. The ball is played until it reaches the first natural boundary.
Box Lacrosse is a fast game that is played indoors in an arena much like in
Hockey. It...